Corner-post for spring-beds.



G. E. YBIGBLOW.

CORNER POST FOR SPRING BEDS. APPLIOATIOIN FILED 0016, 1905.

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GEORGE E. BIGELOW, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO MORGAN SPRING COMPANY, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

CORNER-POST FOR SPRING-BEDS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed October 6, 1905. Serial No. 281,623.

To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, GEORGE E. BIGELOW, a citizen of the United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Corner-Posts for Spring-Beds, of which the following is a specification, accompanied by drawings, forming a part of the same, in which Figure 1 is a top view of my improved corner post. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a front view of the same with the side rail of the bed shown in section.

Similar reference letters and figures refer to similar parts in the diflerent views.

My invention relates to a corner post by which the end and side rails of a spring bed are united, with the end rails supported above the side rails and in position to have a spring bed bottom attached thereto.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown one of my improved corner posts with one end of a side rail and one end of an end rail connected by the corner post. In the construction of bed bottoms at present it is necessary, in order to disconnect the side and end rails, to remove the connecting bolts and pins, thereby making a number of loose pieces when the bed bottom is disconnected, and it is the object of my present invention to provide a means for connecting the end and side rails of a bed bottom, so that the bed bottom may be .easily disconnected, leaving, however, all connecting links and bolts attached to the end and side rails of the bed bottom so that all liability of their loss is obviated.

Referring to the accompanying drawings in which one only of the four corner posts of a bed bottom is shown, 1 denotes one of the side rails of the bed bottom and 2 one of the end rails, said end and side rails being preferably formed of a strip of iron or steel angle iron. A corner post 3, preferably of cast. metal, is provided with arms 4, 4, having member of the end rail 2, and thepost 3 is provided with a flat top 10 forming a seat upon which rests the horizontal portion 11 of the end rail 2. The arms 4, 4, of the post 3 are compressed to firmly grasp the side rail 1 by a bolt 12 and nut 13 immediately above the side rail 1. The end rail 2 is placed in position on the top 10 of the post 3 and in the hooks 8, 8, and is secured in position by a bolt 14 and nut 15, the head of said bolt overlapping the edge of the horizontal portion 11 of the end rail 2. The lug 16 is pro- 'vided with a shoulder 17 which abuts the edge of the end rail and resists a strain upon the end rail in the direction of the arrows a,

such as would be exerted in actual use by a I means of the nut 13 and the corner post removed from the side rail, or the nut 15 may be loosened and the end rail lifted from its position upon the corner post. In either case one nut only is slightly loosened without removing the not from the bolt or the bolt from the corner post, and the corner post remains attached by the other bolt and nut either to the end or side rail as the case may be. The assemblage of the end and side rails is equally simple and tightening the loosened nut secures the bed bottom in its operative position. The ends of the bolts 12 and 14 may be upset so that the nuts 13 and 15 can not be removed and hence there are no loose or removable parts in the corner post.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. The combination with the end and side rails of a bed bottom, of a corner post, means for detachably attaching said side rail to saidcorner post, a seat on said corner post for supporting said end rail, means for preventing its lateral movement, and a bolt held in said corner post having a portion of its head overlapping said end rail, whereby said end rail may be removed without removing said bolt from said post.

2. The combination with the end and side rails of a bed bottom, of a corner post having a pair of arms inclosing said side rail, a bolt forcompressing said arms above said side rail, hooks upon said arms above said bolt in the post and overlapping the opposite 10 to receive one edge of said end rail, and a bolt edge of the end rail, and a shoulder on said held in said post, With a portion of its head post abutting the edge of the end rail. overlalpfiing tl11)e other edgle-of said.d end1 rail. Dated this 23rd day of September 1905.

3. e com ination Wit 1 the en an side 1 rails of a bed bottom, of a corner post, means GEORGE BIGELOVV' for detachably attaching said post to the side Witnesses: rail, a seat on said post for the end rail, hooks PENELOPE COMBERBACH, engaging one edge of the end rail, a bolt held RUFUs B. FOWLER. 

